Comments on: How to round numbers in Excel: ROUND, ROUNDUP, ROUNDDOWN functions

The tutorial explains the uses of ROUND, ROUNDUP, ROUNDDOWN, FLOOR, CEILING, MROUND and other Excel rounding functions and provides formula examples to round decimal numbers to integers or to a certain number of decimal places, extract a fractional part, round to nearest 5, 10 or 100, and more. Continue reading →

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  1. hi
    2.01 to 2.49 to be 2.5
    2.51 to 2.99 to be 3

      1. No, she (he?)'s trying to round UP to nearest .5.

        srinivas, you're looking for
        =CEILING(A1,0.5)

  2. Can we use ABS & ROUND functions together in one cell ?

    I have few negative numbers with decimals in my data, I want to change it to positive number with no decimals. Could you please help with it

    1. Hello!
      If I understand your task correctly, the following formula should work for you:

      =ROUND(ABS(A1),0)

      Hope this is what you need.

      1. Hi

        How do i set up a formula to round to the nearest nth multiple depending on the value thats in the cell?
        I work a lot of changing cashflows and I need them to round depending on the value in the cell. e.g how to round 526 449.80 to the nearest thousand multiple, or how to round 6 143 651.73 to the nearest whole number, if the significance of the ceiling and floor formulas is variable, how do I automate that?

        Regards

  3. Hey, what formula can I use for this:

    I want to round every number to the nearest "9". For example: 173 --> 169 & 176 --> 179

    How can I do this?

  4. Hi how to roundup 7.4 to 8 and round down to 7. Instead of default .5 Thanks

    1. Hi!
      Have you tried the ways described in this blog post? If ROUNDUP and ROUNDDOWN functions don’t work for you, then please describe your task in detail.

  5. I have something like this: ="Avg $: "&(SUM(B7:G7))/(SUM(B9:G9))
    How would I round this to the nearest penny?

    1. Hi!
      Have you tried the ways described in this blog post? Use ROUND function

      =”Avg $: “&ROUND((SUM(B7:G7))/(SUM(B9:G9)),2)

  6. Hi..!
    Hello! Is it possible to round off 3rd decimal place?
    (1,2,8,9 =0) (3,4,6,7=5)
    Last digit need 0 or 5

    Eg:1.224 = 1.225
    1.222=1.220
    1.228=1.230
    1.227=1.225

      1. Yes, it's working..!!!

        Thank you ?

  7. My percentages aren't adding up correctly.

    Cell and values used
    H1=1019
    H2=566
    H3=271
    H4=123

    this is what I used to get the % and the cells I used
    =H2/H1 I get 55.54% then I decrease the decimal place to get 56% in cell I2
    =H3/H1 I get 26.59% then I decrease the decimal place to get 27% in cell I3
    =H4/H1 I get 12.07% then I decrease the decimal place to get 12% in cell I4

    This is what I can't get correct
    in the cell, I10 I but this in =I2+I3+I4 and I should get 95% but I keep getting 94%

    It's adding up the 55.54+26.59+12.07 and I get 94.21 but I need 56+27+12 to get 95%

    Why is it reading the decimal instead of reading the rounded %

    Thanks

    1. Hello!
      If you change the format of a number, then that number does not change. Use rounding functions to round a number. Then the calculation result will correspond to what you see in the table.

  8. I need to find a calculation that will allow me to round exponents down at each step of multiplication.

    Example. We start with 180 and multiply by 1.2 = 216. It is already a whole number, so no problem.
    180*1.2*1.2 = 259.2 (Should round to 259, not too hard if using the round down feature)
    but if the person was to select that they want 5 { 180*1.2^5 }, this equals 447.8976 (round down would be 447) BUT if we were to take it in sequence AND round down at each step, it would only be 446.4 (446)

    Any ideas on where to start?

    1. Hi!
      If I understand your task correctly, the following formula should work for you:

      =ROUNDDOWN(ROUNDDOWN(ROUNDDOWN(ROUNDDOWN(ROUNDDOWN(180*1.2,0)*1.2,0)*1.2,0)*1.2,0)*1.2,0)

      1. I really appreciate the above answer, worst comes to worst, I might just make a table.
        The complication is that the person might select 2 or 4 or 5 or 8 or any number in between really.
        The situation is having to increase the number by 20% incrementally, while rounding down at each step.

        1. Hi!
          Write down the calculations in the table and choose the desired value from it depending on the number.

  9. Hi, Is there anyway to round where 0.005 rounds down, and 0.006 rounds up?
    Usually 0.005 rounds up, but for my specific calculation i need it to go down.

    1. Hello!
      I believe the following formula will help you solve your task:

      =IF(AND(ISEVEN(A1*10^0),ROUND(MOD(A1*10^0,1),3)<=0.005),ROUNDDOWN(A1,2),ROUND(A1,2))

  10. 1.8 * 2.33 * 1.25 = 5.2425
    2.0 * 2.33 * 1.25 = 5.8250
    1.0 * 2.33 * 1.25 = 2.9125

    I need to round

    5.2425 ..... 5.00 (0.00 to 0.49)
    5.8250 ..... 5.50 (0.50 to 0.89)
    2.9125 ..... 3.00 (0.90 to 0.99)

    Please Help me

    1. Hello!
      If I understand your task correctly, the following formula should work for you:

      =INT(A1)+IF(A1-INT(A1)<0.5,0,IF(A1-INT(A1)<0.9,0.5,1))

  11. I have a PRODUCT function that I want to result in an EVEN three decimal place number. I start with

    =PRODUCT(A3,2,0.001)*100

    which results in 0.741, which is correct, but I want it to automatically round up to the next even third decimal = 0.742.

    I've tried ROUND and EVEN, but not sure how to format in the function formula. Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

      1. Thank you for the help, Alexander. Unfortunately, that still returns the result 0.741. I also tried using ROUNDUP, and got the same result.

        1. Hi!
          What number does the function return? Write it in full. After 0.741 there are more numbers. Are you sure 0.742 is the correct result?

    2. I should also mention that I want to apply this to a column of results, and want to keep the numbers that are already even as such. Thanks again!

  12. Hi,

    Can somebody help me regarding this excel problem. If adding or multiplying numbers, I still want the result not to fall the minimum result number. The minimum result number should be 100.

    Example:
    10,275 x .005 = 100 (I know it should be 51.38 but I want the result to fill automatically 100)

    Please help me, I need it ASAP.

    Thank you!

      1. Hi Mr. Alex,

        Thank you for the answer, but is there any way that I can still use the same formula both less than or higher than 100 result?

        Ex:
        (A1=Any numbers) x (B1=0.005) = result 100 & up (decimal numbers should be round up to peso)

        1. (A1=10,275) x (B1=0.005) = 100 (Result not falls below 100)
        2. (A1=75,420) x (B1=0.005) = 378

        Pls help me find out what's the only ONE FORMULA should be using.

        Thank you!

        1. Hi!
          The formula works for your examples 1 and 2. What is the problem? I do not understand your question.

          1. Hi Mr. Alex,

            Thank you for the response! The formula you gave only works for the value less than 100 only. What about my example 2 ,the result shows like this #VALUE!.

            To make things clear, let me refrain my examples.

            FORMULA:
            (Value) x (0.005) = RESULT

            (NOTE: minimum result is 100 & up and the decimal numbers should always automatically be round up to a whole number)

            Ex:

            (Value) x (0.005) = RESULT
            Actual result Result should be
            1. If I change the value to 10,275 x 0.005 = 51.38 100 (minimum result)
            2. If I change the value to 75,420 x 0.005 = 377.10 378 (decimals round up)

            My question, is there any way that we can use ONLY ONE FORMULA that works both examples 1 & 2? I use this formula =ROUNDUP(value*0.005,0) but it works example 2 only hahaha. Hope you can help me.

            Thank you in advance! ♥♥

            1. Hi!
              The formula returns an error if your cell contains text instead of a number. Check your details. For numbers, the formula works correctly. You wrote about rounding for the first time.

              =IF(A1*B1<100,100,ROUNDUP(A1*B1,0))

              I hope you fully described the problem and received an answer to it.

              1. Thank you so much for your help. God bless you! ♥♥♥

              2. Hi Alex!

                Thank you for the response. The formula you gave works correctly but is there any way that the problem 3 results will be Zero (0) using the same formula?

                =IF(A1*B1<100,100,ROUNDUP(A1*B1,0))

                Ex: ​(VALUE) x (0.005) = RESULT
                1. If I change the VALUE to 10,275 x 0.005 = 100
                2. If I change the VALUE to 75,420 x 0.005 = 378
                3. If I change the VALUE to 0 x 0.005 = 0

                Pls help. Thank you.

              4. OMG, im so sorry there is a problem again and I hope you still help me. Can please solve the problem 3 below using the same formula you gave.

                =IF(A1*B1<100,100,ROUNDUP(A1*B1,0))

                Ex: ​(VALUE) x (0.005) = RESULT
                1. If I change the VALUE to 10,275 x 0.005 = 100
                2. If I change the VALUE to 75,420 x 0.005 = 378
                3. If I change the VALUE to 0 x 0.005 = 0

                Thank you..

              6. OMG finally it wooorks! Thank you so much for your big help. ♥

  13. Hi

    I need in excel after decimal 0.01 to 0.09 it round off "0"
    & 0.1 to 0.5 = 0.5
    & 0.6 to 0.9=1

    Ex:
    CM FT I NEED
    92 3.018 3
    93 3.051 3
    94 3.083 3

    EX:2
    CM FT I NEED
    95 3.11 3.5
    96 3.14 3.5
    97 3.18 3.5

    CM FT I NEED
    107 3.510 3.5
    108 3.543 3.5
    109 3.576 3.5

    EX:3
    CM FT I NEED
    110 3.61 4
    111 3.64 4
    112 3.67 4

    Please help on this one.

  14. If the value is exactly ##.50 I need to round to the nearest even number.

    10.49=10
    10.50=10
    10.51=11

    11.49=11
    11.50=12
    11.51=12

    this is scientific rounding rules how can this be accomplished

      1. Nice, thanks Alexander. The thing I'm struggling with is having it round at the hundredth (0.01) position like this when I have the weight at a thousandth. Your formula clearly solves the question raised by R Knight, but how would I modify it for my scenario? I am struggling getting the decimal rounded.

        1. Hello!
          Try multiplying the original number by 100 and then dividing the result by 100. If this is not what you need, write examples of rounding so that I can understand you better.

          =IF(A1*100-INT(A1*100)=0.5,INT(A1*100)+MOD(INT(A1*100),2),ROUND(A1*100,0))/100

          1. I actually played around a bit and found a simple formula to use that works perfectly:

            =IF(ISEVEN(A1*100),ROUNDDOWN(A1,2),ROUNDUP(A1,2))

            1. Sorry, I truncated the formula and left off the beginning... Silly Me :) It should read...

              =IF(B2*100-INT(B2*100)=0.5,IF(ISEVEN(B2*100),ROUNDDOWN(B2,2),ROUNDUP(B2,2)),ROUND(B2,2))

      1. This is known as the odd/even rounding rule. It is standard weight rounding laid out by the US Department of Commerce in NIST Handbook 44 section 10.2

        "(d) When the figure next beyond the last figure to be retained is 5 and there are no figures, or only zeros, beyond
        this 5, the figure in the last place to be retained is to be left unchanged if it is even (0, 2, 4, 6, or 8) and is to
        be increased by 1 if it is odd (1, 3, 5, 7, or 9). This is the odd and even rule, and may be stated as follows:
        “If odd, then add.” Thus, rounding off to the first decimal place, 47.25 would become 47.2 and 47.15 would
        become 47.2. Also, rounded to the nearest thousand, 4500 would become 4000 and 1500 would
        become 2000."

  15. So I have come to the conclusion i need to use the standard ROUND programming here. I am pulling a dollar amount from a different page in the program and can not seem to figure out where ROUND would go. Current text ='Estimate Sheet'!G47. I have tried =ROUND('Estimate Sheet'!G47) and it will not allow it.

    1. Hello!
      If I understand correctly, in the ROUND function you use the text in which the cell address is written.
      You can use this formula:

      =ROUND(INDIRECT("Sheet1!C1"),0)

      or

      =ROUND(INDIRECT(A1),0)
      A1 contains "Sheet1!C1".
      If this is not what you wanted, please describe the problem in more detail.

  16. Hello,

    Im trying to round firgures but im not able to remove the currency symbol.
    e.g:£4,560.06.

    Please help

  17. Hi, Thank you for a very helpful tutorial! I did look but don't seem to see an already answered question to my problem.
    I found the right round up formula for me which is to round up to a closest 5 or 10 you provided =ROUND(C1,-1).

    But the cell I need to apply it to is pulling a value from another sheet :
    ='UK £ Trade '!B2*1.5

    so I can't seem to make it work the two together.

    Would really appreciate your help on this.

    Thank you.

      1. Thank you! Much appreciated. Working perfectly now :)

  18. Excellent article!

    Please could you help with adding an IF statement to an MROUND formula? I wish to subtract £0.01 if it rounds to a whole number for retail prices. I have this to round to the nearest £0.10

    =(MROUND(BQ4,0.1))

    Thanks in advance!

    1. Hello!
      I’m sorry but your task is not entirely clear to me. Could you please describe it in more detail? What result do you want to get? Give an example of the source data and the expected result.

      1. Thanks for the reply. I have various prices generated by a formula - for instance:
        £2.23, £2.76, £3.09 and £3.97

        =(MROUND(BQ4,0.1)) rounds my prices up to the nearest 10 pence so I now have:
        £2.20, £2.80, £3.10 and £4

        I wish to end up with:
        £2.20, £2.80, £3.10 and £3.99

        If the price = a multiple of one whole pound, deduct one pence. In this case changing the £4 to £3.99 but leaving the other values unchanged.

        1. Hello!
          If I got you right, the formula below will help you with your task:

          =IF(INT(MROUND(B1,0.1))<>MROUND(B1,0.1),MROUND(B1,0.1),MROUND(B1,0.1)-0.01)

          I hope this will help, otherwise please do not hesitate to contact me anytime.

          1. Thanks, much appreciated!

        2. I would use this for all of your rounded prices:

          =IF(MROUND(BQ4,0.1)=MROUND(BQ4,1),MROUND(BQ4,0.1)-0.01, MROUND(BQ4,0.1)

          In words:

          - Logical statement: Checks if the price rounded to the nearest 10 pence is the same as the price rounded to the nearest pound.

          - If TRUE: Outputs the rounded number (Can be to the nearest 0.1 or 1. I chose 10p but both are the same for TRUE cases) and takes away 0.01 (or 1p).

          - If FALSE: It leaves the number rounded to the nearest 10p with no further alterations.

          1. Perfect! Thank you so much!

  19. hello, can you help me how to round off grades into a whole value
    e.g. 89.5

  20. Hi,
    I'll make a scale that has max 30 kgs with resolution 5 grams. So, the grams units will only display 0 or 5. For example, the reading and displaying would be as follows:

    5.003 --> 5.000
    11.004 --> 11.000
    8.005 --> 8.005
    2.006 --> 2.010
    -0.002 --> 0.000
    -0.007 --> -0.010

    Is it possible provided with built in function or I've to make it with "if".

    Thanks

  21. Excellent article, which I have bookmarked for future use!

    When using the ROUND or MROUND functions to round a column of data with occasional non-numerical values (e.g. X instead of a number), how can I get the function to ignore those non-numerical values instead of it screaming #VALUE! at me please?

  22. I’m trying to round figures for my retail prices in one excel column
    For example,

    Anything with a price between 170 and 175 rounds to 175
    Anything with a price between 176 and 179 I want to round to 185

    Any help I can get with this is much appreciated
    Regards,

    1. Hello!
      The formula below will do the trick for you:

      =IF(MOD(A1,10)>5,FLOOR(A1,5)+10, IF(MOD(A1,10)=5,A1,FLOOR(A1,5)+5))

      This should solve your task.

      1. many thanks , it works !

  23. Hello I would like to round to nearest .09 that way every price ends with 9 cents I don't think its possible. Let's say a price is 6.71 I would like it to round down to 6.69. Say a price is 6.76 it rounds up to 6.79. Is this possible? I would like this instead because the way I raise my prices it is done by a certain percentage and if I round everything up or down I will stray away from that said percentage.

    Thank you!

    1. Hello!
      Please try the following formula:

      =A1+(--(CHOOSE(MATCH(MIN(ROUNDUP(ABS(--RIGHT(A1,1)-{-0.001,9}),0)), ROUNDUP(ABS(--RIGHT(A1,1)-{-0.001,9}),0),0),"-","")&"0.0"& MIN(ROUNDUP(ABS(--RIGHT(A1,1)-{-0.001,9}),0))))

      Hope this is what you need.

  24. I want to set a limit whereas 0.60 is the threshold if the decimal reaches 0.60 it will automatically count as 1 and reset into decimal. The decimal represent the minutes and the whole number represent the hours. I'm presenting my data as numbers instead of time value. Hope anyone can help

    1. Hi!
      The information you provided is not enough to understand your case and give you any advice.
      I’ll try to guess and offer you the following formula:

      =IF((C1-INT(C1))>=0.6,1+INT(C1),C1)

  25. Hi, I'm trying to reduce a number by a % then MROUND it to the nearest 5.
    I'm having trouble figuring out the formula, would you have any pointers?

    =B5*(1-E5)&MROUND(F5,5)

      1. Thank you so much for the clarification and assistance.

  26. Hi!

    I need my values to round to the nearest 5, but I need 2.5 to round DOWN. So any values 2.5 and below would round down and any values 2.6 and above would round up. Problem is that the number before the decimal may change. For instance it may be 17.5 which would need to round down to 15 and 17.6 would need to round up to 20. 23 would round up to 25 but 22.5 would round down to 20.

    Thanks!

  27. Works perfectly!

    Thanks so much.

  28. Hi!

    I need to do a multi-step process.

    First, I need to truncate any numbers with over 2 digits after to decimal point down to two digits after the decimal.

    Second, the second digit after the decimal needs to be rounded up to either a 5 or a 9. The range could to round is this: 0-5 rounds up to 5, and 6-9 rounds up to 9.

    Third, the result must be formatted as currency.

    Examples with steps illustrated:

    - 3.755556 > 3.75 > 3.75 > $3.75
    - 4.488889 > 4.48 > 4.49 > $4.49
    - 14.11111 > 14.11 > 14.15 > $14.15
    - 3.2 > 3.2 or 3.20 > 3.25 > $3.25

    Is there a formula that can process all these steps together? I.e. input 3.755556 and output $3.75?

    Happy for any help.

    1. Hello!
      Number rounding functions cannot solve your problem. You need to use digit substitution.

      =--(LEFT(TEXT(TRUNC(A1,2),"#.00"), LEN(TEXT(TRUNC(A1,2),"#.00"))-1) & (IF(--(RIGHT(TEXT(TRUNC(A1,2),"#.00"),1))<6,5,9)))

      Hope this is what you need.

  29. Hi, I'm doing a billing report and i need a formula that will round to the nearest $5000, and if the salary is $100,001.00, round down to $100,000.00 and if $100,001.01 or above, round to $105,000.00

      1. Thanks you so much Alexander!... You saved me so much time, this worked perfectly

    2. With a minimum rounded amount of $30,000.00

  30. I am working as an engineer
    I need to validate certain complex rules after implementing certain values or data. That shouldn't violate the rules. If it is violated the we will get a error text.
    Please help

  31. I am working with a downloaded csv file. The actual reference is this, 291827871268478976 but when i download excel turns it to this 2.91828E+17. I tried formatting and have used several methods but excel always seems to round up the last three digits to something like this, 291827871268478000. Please how can this can be resolved. Previously, I usually worked with python to convert the file from csv to excel and the reference column always changed to text and remained the same but somehow python doesn't seem to be working this time around. Thank you

    1. Hello!
      In Excel, the maximum precision for representing a number is 15 digits. A cell displays up to 11 characters. If you need to store long numbers, I recommend saving them as text.

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  33. Hello,

    I'd like to round up time difference (formula) between 2 times. Eg.:

    A1 -> 08:02 (start time in format hh:mm)
    B1 -> 09:58 (end time)
    C1 -> 01:56 (calculated difference between B1-A1)

    Question is how to round up the result of formula in C1.

    Thank you!

      1. Hi,

        - in the cell A1 is the beginning of an event @ 08:02 (hh:mm)
        - in the cell B1 is the end event of an event @ 09:58 (hh:mm)
        - in the cell C1 is the formula (=B1-A1) for the duration of this event. The calculated number is 01:56 (hh:mm).

        How to round up the value of C1 01:56 (hh:mm) to 02:00 (hh:mm)?

        1. Hello!
          I wrote this formula based on the description you provided in your original comment. Please note that if you’d provided me with the precise and detailed description of your task from the very beginning, I’d have created a different formula that would have worked for your case.
          You can learn more about rounding time in Excel in this article on our blog.

          =MROUND(B1-A1,"1:00")

          There are different ways of rounding the time in the article.

  34. How can convert greater than.5 as 1 & less than or equal to.5 is accurate no. For example 2.51 = 3, 2.50 =2

  35. Dear Sir,

    Pls. solve this problem

    Total 30.00% 25.00% 25.00% 7.50% 7.50% 5.00% 100.00%
    505.00 151.50 126.50 126.50 38.00 38.00 25.50 506.00
    510.00 153.00 127.50 127.50 38.50 38.50 25.50 510.50

    I need to total should come to 505 and 510 without deviation in any percentage

    1. Hello!
      The actual values in your cells contain more than 2 decimal places. Therefore, a rounding error appears. I recommend rounding the values in each cell to 2 decimal places using the ROUND function:
      ROUND(A2,2)

      I hope this will help, otherwise please do not hesitate to contact me anytime.

  36. Hello!
    Looking to calculate a sales price that is rounded to the nearest xx,x99
    Example 17899 / .845 = 21,182.25. Need that to have end result show as 21,199.

    1. Hello!
      I hope you have studied the recommendations in the tutorial above. It contains answers to your question. Use MROUND function

      =MROUND(A1,100)-1

      Hope you’ll find this information helpful.

  37. Hello! Is it possible to round past the decimal place? For example, turn 1,200,000 into 1.2?

    1. Hello!
      This is not rounding as the number does not change. Just divide by 1000000. Or use a custom number format

      #,##0.0,,

      or

      #,##0.0,," M"

      I hope I answered your question. If something is still unclear, please feel free to ask.

  38. If i have a quantity of 3.06 in B11 of excel and i have a unit cost of 536 in d11 and if i rounded up the 3.06 to 4 is there an equation that would then change the unit cost to the quantity of 4 automatically?

  39. Hello,
    I have a question noone asked. How to round numbers to specific numbers that I have in a list?

    My list is:
    ...
    0.09
    0.1
    0.12
    0.16
    0.2
    0.25

    Then I need to round like this:
    0.23 => 0.25
    0.094 => 0.9

    1. I finally found answer. Here it is:

      =INDEX(A2:A20;MATCH(MIN(ABS(A2:A20-A1));ABS(A2:A20-A1);0))

      Where:
      A1 is number that needs to be rounded
      A2:A20 is a range of numbers that I can round to

  40. Hello,
    I have a question noone asked. How to round numbers to specific numbers that I have in a list?

    My list is:
    ...
    0.09
    0.1
    0.12
    0.16
    0.2
    0.25

    Then I need to round like this:
    0.23 => 0.25
    0.094 => 0.9

  41. Hey, I have got these conditions rounding with weights that we have,

    .1 - .5 (should be rounded to .5)
    .6 - 1.09 (Should be rounded to 1)
    1.1- 1.59 (Should be rounded to 1.5)
    1.6 - 2.09 (Should be rounded to 2)

    I am familiar with the nested if but what about rounding these numbers like mentioned above.

  42. Can you help - I need the following time provisions on a summary of time work in minutes up to 100
    i.e 11,070.92 hours worked

    Less than 15 minutes - round to zero hours

    15 minutes to 45 minutes (inclusive) - round to 1/2 hour

    Greater than 45 minutes - round to hours

  43. Hello all,

    I'm using a worksheet with retail prices where they all end in .99 (i.e. $26.99). I want to take 10% off each price but have it round down to .99. I was using (=ROUNDDOWN([@[List Price]]*0.9,0)-0.01) but the problem is if the list price has a 9 in the ones column it rounds down an extra dollar. For example if you take 10% of 29.99 it would be $26.99 which already ends in .99 so thats what i want. But the function im using rounds that down to $25.99.

  44. Hello all,
    Just wanted to know if anyone have solution to the currency rounding requirement below:

    Cent of 0.01 to 0.04 = Round down to 0 (zero)
    Cent of 0.05 = Remain as 0.05
    Cent of 0.06 to 0.09 = round up as 0.10

    By law in our country the currency need to be rounded in such way due to 1 cent coin is no longer a legal tender.

    Please share if anyone have solution. Thanks in advance

  45. Hi,

    Is there a way to round up to the nearest specific time?
    ie. round 12/09/2020 20:30 to the nearest 6:00am time

    1. Hello!
      If I understand your task correctly, the following formula should work for you:

      =TRUNC(CEILING(B1,"06:00"))+0.25

      I hope this will help

      1. Hi,

        Thanks for your reply. It does mostly do what i was asking. Is there a way for it to round upwards only? Some of the cells i am using it on is rounding some numbers backwards to "6:00" ie. 14/9/2020 11:40 is getting rounded to 14/9/2020 6:00 as opposed to 15/9/2020 6:00

        1. Hello!
          I ask you to immediately specify all the conditions.
          Please try the following formula:

          =IF((B11-INT(B11))>0.25,INT(B11+1)+0.25,INT(B11)+0.25)

          Hope this is what you need.

          1. Hi,

            Thanks for your reply. Essentially what is needed is column A is a variety of different days and different times for each different day. The cell that will have the answer will need to round column A in the same row forward to 6:00am regardless of what the date is.
            ie
            Column A Column B
            15/09/2020 17:30 16/09/2020 6:00
            15/09/2020 21:43 16/09/2020 6:00
            16/09/2020 3:26 16/09/2020 6:00
            16/09/2020 8:15 17/09/2020 6:00
            16/09/2020 13:26 17/09/2020 6:00
            17/09/2020 5:00 17/09/2020 6:00
            19/09/2020 20:45 20/09/2020 6:00

  46. Hello Everyone,
    If I wish to round off all decimal numbers upto 0.4999 to 0.5 and all decimal numbers greater than or equal to 0.501 to 0.9999 to 1. i.e. if a decimal number is 17.1 then it should be converted to 17.5 and if a decimal number is 29.65 then it should be converted to 30. These numbers should be rounded so that we arrive at the correct calculations.

    How do I do it? Please help

    1. Hello!
      I hope you have studied the recommendations in the above tutorial.
      Use the CEILING function

      =CEILING(A1,0.5)

      Read more here

  47. I have a weight in one column and in the other column I am wanting to multiply it by 65% AND then round it up to the nearest increment of 5 using one formula. Example: My weight is 125 and I want to know 65% of that weight which is 81.25. I would like to round it up to 85. Can i do all of this in one cell. I have this so far =R3*0.65 , but I don't know how to use another function in the same cell to use that function AND round up to the nearest 5. I would like all my weights to end in 5 or 0 ie ( 85,95,100 etc..) Can you help me?

  48. Hi , I am trying to write a formula for total hours in excel .
    4(hrs).22(Min) + 4(hrs).46(Min) = 8(Hrs).68(Min) (Answer should be 9 hrs 8 minutes.)
    7(hrs).30(Min) + 5(hrs).30(Mins)= 12(Hrs).60(Min) (Answer should be 13 hrs)
    Please help to write formula.

    1. Hello!
      If you write 04:42:00 in cell A1, and write 04:46:00 in cell B1, then the formula =A1 + B1 gives 09:08:00. Explain in detail how you got your result and I will try to help you

  49. What formula would I need to use to round up to the nearest $5? Example $63 round up to $65.
    THANKS!!

  50. I'm trying to round 161-169 to 165 and 160 still remain 160 in one cell.
    Thanks to much.

    1. Hello Lynn!
      If I got you right, the formula below will help you with your task:

      =IF(A4-ROUNDDOWN(A4,-1)>0,ROUNDDOWN(A4,-1)+5,A4)

      I hope this will help

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